The Continental Social Investment Turn
Sequencing Corrective and Transformative Welfare State Change in the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2317544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donato Di Carlo (0000-0002-4406-7739, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli), Anton Hemerijck (0000-0001-8695-1250, European University Institute), Johannes Karremans (0000-0002-8770-374X, ESPOL-LAB, Université Catholique de Lille) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-56 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1531-426X • E-ISSN: 1548-2456 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00323292241252261 |
| OpenAlex | W4401033189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
European welfare states have experienced a binary transformation characterized by recalibration of traditional social protection programs and expansion of employment-oriented social policies, favoring the emergence of dual-earner families. This article sheds a new light on the pathways leading to these transformations in continental Europe. Theoretically, we characterize continental European welfare states as a configuration of complementary and interacting labor market and social policy provisions. We conjecture that such welfare state types are prone to evolve through a sequential process of institutional change where new social policy provisions emerge to correct and enhance the effectiveness of previously implemented labor market policies in pursuit of novel policy objectives. The timing and pace of this sequence is mediated by governments' cognitive orientations and their responsiveness toward domestic societal interests. Through a qualitative comparative process analysis, we find evidence of our theorized three-pronged sequence of institutional change in the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy
Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Market economy · Pace · Political science · Social change · Social partners · Social policy · Social protection · Welfare · Welfare state · Labor Movements and Unions · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |